Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar.